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cost Wells Fargo less than $100,000 in processing fees. However, the Tribal government’s stand was deemed more important than the amount of lost revenue. In late 2016 and early 2017, the Dakota Access Pipeline project galvanized Indian Country as the Standing Rock Sioux Nation and volunteer water protectors protested the construction of an oil pipeline near the Sioux Reservation. Wells Fargo provided investment funding for Energy Transfer Partners, the owner of the pipeline project. Kennedy …

with the Department of Environmental Quality, said the Tribe is in the process of signing the consent order and recording it with Clackamas County. A spokesperson with the Clackamas County Recording Office said the deed transfer and consent order are not yet showing up in the database. During the Wednesday, Aug. 14, Tribal Council meeting, Tribal Council Chief of Staff Stacia Hernandez said the Tribe is attempting to close on the property by Friday, Aug. 16. The Grand Ronde Tribal Council voted …

, and grandparents Mike and Nichol Smith and Vivian McKnight. McKnight graduated from Willamina High School in 2018 and grew up in Perrydale. She plans to earn an associate degree by next year and then transfer to a four-year university. She doesn’t plan to continue with volleyball at that point, however. “I’ll be ready to start focusing on my career,” she said. McKnight began playing volleyball in the fourth grade and enjoys the defensive and outside hitter positions most, even though she is a middle blocker …

seminars and webinars - and website design. Brayden programmed the Umpqua Outdoors website, www.umpquaoutdoors.com, the first of many planned apps, iCallElk, and designed the banner on the Facebook page, his first Web and app language designs. "I've wanted to program for quite a while, a year or so," says Brayden. The Umpqua Outdoors title comes in part because Bryan is partly descended from Umpqua Indians. Bryan, for his part, says he has been dreaming about the idea for as long as eight years …

Tribal Government & News Tribal offices closed on Tuesday, Feb. 20 02.20.2018 Dean Rhodes Public Safety Due to impending inclement weather in western Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's governmental offices are closed for Tuesday, Feb. 20. If you must travel, please be careful. Check this website and the Tribe's Facebook page regarding any change in hours for Wednesday, Feb. 21. Share On Facebook Share On Twitter Share Article Link Subscribe Subscribe to our Newspaper for latest …

of the Congress voted for it," he said, including then-senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. As a result of that legislation, he said, "They can now poison your wells legally. It can be changed," he said. "It has to be changed. There is no alternative to water." Just then, a baby's cries were heard. "I hear that baby," said Lyons. "It's talking to every one of us. "Basically," he said in his keynote to a packed lunchtime crowd, "it's do or die. Don't give up. The game is not over, but it sure is coming …

,” Suniga said. “You do not need any dress rehearsal to activate this part of your brain. It’s one of the oldest parts of your nervous system. Some say that your brain is the ‘Do not die’ organ. … “When it comes to PTSD, because of trauma, the stress response system turns it up to a real high volume and it becomes disordered, meaning that response ceases to be helpful. … Our nervous system makes these changes which create these long-term impacts on your neuro-chemistry. “The military works hard …

credits his then 7-year-old daughter for inspiring the decision to quit drinking. “She came up to me and said, ‘Dad, you’re going to die if don’t stop drinking. Please don’t drink anymore,’ ” he says. “That hit me in a deep part of my soul. She was worth it.” His daughter, now 35, was also the motivation behind Martineau’s self-published autobiography, “Awan,” which tells the story of his journey. Awan means fog in the Ojibwe language. Martineau is from the Ojibwe Tribe and Fond du Lac band …

of Eugene, something that was brought into question during the project. “We have faced withering criticism that our work was pointless, that for all we are doing the juvenile lamprey would be stranded and die above the dam, unable to get out,” Dirksen said. “Our argument is that this was another technical hurdle and that the aim of the project was to test (it) … the fact that lamprey are making it out of the system is honestly pretty unexpected and beyond our dreams.” Pacific lamprey are culturally …

of letting the issue die down and new people being put in place, such as Zimbrick taking over for former Willamina School District Superintendent Gus Forster, November was picked as the time for the flag ceremony due to it being National Native American Heritage Month. Zimbrick, whose children are Tribal members, said the school community has evolved. “I think our whole community has learned a lot in the steps that have taken place since May and getting to here,” said Zimbrick. “We also want …